Dr. Emma Naluyima: Pig farming is profitable in a way that it is a self-sustaining ecosystem, with manure sales and meat sales as avenues for monetization.

Meanwhile, Christopher Mulindwa, who is also a piggery expert in the afternoon session, says that the average Ugandan eats about 3.4kg of pork per year as per a 2011 report - a statistic that has risen over the years.

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3:35pm | What do you know about Hass avocado?

It has a unique quality of an extended shelf life. It can be harvested in Uganda and served to Europe and the Middle East by sea.

Chicken have a similar digestive system to humans so if we don't watch the quality of the water source and the chicken feed, the chicken will always fall victim to illnesses thus not being able to achieve the desired business results.#HarvestMoneyExpopic.twitter.com/IWtgWp3nfw

At the ongoing Harvest Money Expo, a new variety of avocado has been showcased.

The Hass avocado variety is a new crop that is promoted by Musubi Farm, a private agricultural enterprise located at the shores of Lake Victoria in Bukabooli sub county, Mayuge district in eastern Uganda.

The training on poultry has been on since 9am. Our Twitter pages have been updated with information from the session.

Here is one of the threads:

Samuel Ssewagudde: Nutrition in Poultry is key for it can lead to various challenges in poultry including:+ Imbalanced egg sizes+ Fat deposits in birds that makes laying difficult+ Watery chicken droppings #HarvestMoneyExpopic.twitter.com/xlTMBbT48C

David Kisa from NARO: "If you are planting fruit trees, do land demarcation. Let your land be clear so that the trees don't have other competitors. Maturity of trees depends on tree species - usually 10 to thirteen years."

The topic of the training is Fruit Trees for Food and Nutrition Security.

"We encourage farmers to add value by also adding the processing function to their farming business."

If you look high up, you will see a partly cloudy sky over Namboole Stadium. Temperatures are at 23°C

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9:00am | Tree planting

The tree planting sessions will be conducted by Albert Kunihira and David Ochama from National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO).

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8:53am | Training schedule

This morning, we have training on tree planting, poultry and coffee. These will start at 9am - concurrently in separate rooms.

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8:35am | Grabbed your copy of Sunday Vision?

Sunday Vision was already on the streets as early as Saturday evening. Check it out.

Copies of the Harvest Money book are on sale here at Namboole.

DVDs are also available.

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8:30am | Good morning everyone

Another day is here, good people!

Early shots from around the venue. So far so good. The opening day (Friday) and the day after went on without much incident. The last of the three days of the Harvest Money Expois here and the aura here at Namboole Stadium is cool.

A little while ago, the volunteers arrived at the venue early to get things started.

It has been well-attended show, with plenty of stuff on show for the thousands of patrons who have walked through the gates of Namboole.